Science and technology | Sweet spot
The secret to taking better penalties
Practise with an augmented-reality headset
![Harry Maguire of England walks up to take his penalty as in a penalty shoot.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.economist.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1424,quality=80,format=auto/content-assets/images/20240615_STP504.jpg)
ARE YOU reading, Gareth Southgate? As the England football manager prepares for this year’s European championship, a Swiss neuroscientist is offering some help with the England team’s Achilles heel: penalty shoot-outs. (As a player, Mr Southgate is perhaps best remembered for missing a decisive spot-kick in a shoot-out against Germany in 1996.)
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “On the spot”
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